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United States Patent | 5,086,548 |
Tanaka ,   et al. | February 11, 1992 |
A buckle device for a car seatbelt system is used together with a plurality of tongue plates to which occupant securing webbings are connected. Lock members for engaging the tongue plates are released upon operating a single release button. The shifting direction of the release button is confined in a plane defined by the insertion directions of the tongue plates. The operation force of the release button is transmitted to the lock members via a mechanism for example cam-contact or link mechanism. Therefore, the operation necessary for a passenger at the time of release is only to push the release button. There is no need to hold or pinch the buckle device at any time.
Inventors: | Tanaka; Kohbun (Aichi, JP); Tsuge; Hiroshi (Aichi, JP) |
Assignee: | Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho (Aichi, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 578285 |
Filed: | September 6, 1990 |
Sep 11, 1989[JP] | 1-106301[U] |
Current U.S. Class: | 24/632; 24/579.11; 24/664; 24/DIG.35 |
Intern'l Class: | A44B 011/25 |
Field of Search: | 24/632,642,633,656,664,573.5,602,603 |
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3605207 | Sep., 1971 | Glauser et al. | 24/632. |
3825979 | Jul., 1974 | Jakob | 24/573. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
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1448317 | Sep., 1976 | GB | 24/573. |